Maritime Music meets History!
EHS is proud to once again partner with and host musicians of the Connecticut Sea Music Festival at Pratt House! This is the fifth year of this great event in Essex which shares maritime history through songs, storytelling, and demonstrations.
Details for the Weekend
Saturday & Sunday: Music, Stories, and Tours
Location: Pratt House & Barn (19 West Avenue, Essex, CT)
While you are here for the Connecticut Sea Music Festival, don't miss these highlights:
Live Performances (11:00 AM – 4:00 PM Daily): The Pratt House Barn will ring with maritime melodies and storytelling. Catch the "Deckhands" and more artists to be announced!
Free Historic Tours (1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Daily): Step inside the Pratt House (est. 1701). Explore the home of nine generations of blacksmiths and see the exquisite hand-forged ironwork that tells the story of early Essex.
Visitor Information
Admission: Tours and encampment access are FREE; donations are welcome.
Parking: Available all weekend in the back field at Pratt House.
(Note: Please notify Essex Historical Society if you seek to leave a vehicle overnight.)
Restrooms: public portable toilets will be onsite for Festival attendees.
Pets: LEASHED four-legged friends are welcome, but please clean up after them (and yourselves).
About the Connecticut Sea Music Festival: This family-friendly weekend includes a Symposium on the Music of the Sea, free day-time workshops and concerts featuring local and regional maritime performers, a family stage, CT River sails, demonstrations of sailor skills and Irish currach rowing, a Revolutionary War reenactment and fife and drum parade, honoring America’s Semi-Quincentennial celebration, a hymn sing, and late night pub sings. Evening concerts at the CT River Museum are ticketed events. Ticket sales begin April 11.